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I worked in Curam 5.2 and later left to work in Oracle Financials. Comparing these 2 softwares - google for curam help - nothing comes. google for oracle help - the world is there to help you with numerous forums, blogs, etc. I hated everyday I worked in Curam. anyway, Liberals implemented Curam in a big way in Ontario in several projects - biggest is 'SAMS'. Major problems are now plaguing SAMS and it is having serious implications.

4:03 am July 29, 2014

Unfortunate Curam User wrote:

Not Surprised: I agree with you. As someone whose state ALSO bought this system, I can say that by far this is the WORST system they invested in in my years of employment with them. My personal aggravation as a user aside, my concern is for all the applicants who are in limbo with real life desperate medical situations stuck in limbo with being the unfortunate victims of a system that did not work right from the start, and stil has no signs of showing any improvement as I type this. I won't put my two cents in on my opinion of the ACA as a whole, but if you build it and a state buys it, it darn sure ought to work for the citizens it was designed to "help"............ and I'm almost positive the "high level management" ofifcials that bought this system are most definitely not spending their days worrying if they have any health coverage or not.

3:39 pm March 4, 2014

Manish wrote:

Most software projects fail cause of bad business requirements.. you don't buy a Curam project and start using it.. it needs to be customized quite a bit according to the rules of the state. Well if you folks here can't do a good job getting requirements right.. it sure is bad.. Curam projects have been successful in a lot of countries around the world..

It is like a DIY kit.. you buy Curam..and build what you need.. if you are bad at it.. too bad...

9:25 am January 24, 2014

ITGuy wrote:

Do any of you have an idea how you use/implement Curam software. Do you realize that their are tens of thousands of lines of custom code that gets written by the developers who are contractors or 3rd party companies. Regardless of how good or bad the software is the entire site still has to be architected, designed, coded, and tested. If you don't have people who know how to do those jobs then you end up with a site that does not work.

Also, not sure why the WSJ wants to call out IBM. What software does healthcare.gov run on?

3:51 am January 24, 2014

Podesta wrote:

Most important fact to remember: "Half of all large IT projects fail."

I believe most of the state exchanges will either become successful on their own or join the federal exchange. But, whenever we hear of a big IT project, we should know it might fail.

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